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2014 AWP Conference Schedule

Join AWP's literary community for the following offsite events, hosted throughout the area during our conference. These events are not produced, moderated, or curated by AWP. We list these events as a courtesy to our attendees.

8:00 pm to 11:30 pm

Re-Bar, 1114 Howell St, Seattle, WA 98101

Seattle Poetry Slam Invitational
Cost: $5
Event URL: website
The Seattle Poetry Slam is Seattle's longest running weekly show! Come join us as we showcase a number of local and out-of-town poets, teachers, performance artists and activists who have their roots in poetry slam. Then stick around to witness our finest current local poetic talent!
Contact: Cecily Schuler

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

9:00 am to 10:00 pm

Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. Seattle, WA 98122

Vectorized! Broadsides and Images from Broadsided Press
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Broadsided Press has been putting literature and art on the streets since 2005. This exhibit pairs "streets-style" prints of broadsides with photos of them around the country, honoring both the broadsides and the space they occupy in the world. Exhibit up all conference.
Contact: Elizabeth Bradfield

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10:00 am to 11:30 am

Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, 1420 5th Ave #108, Seattle, WA 98101

Louder Than Words
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Louder Than Words, features the work of 15 jewelry artists who have used "words" as the inspiration for these particular pieces of jewelry. Complimentary coffee, creme puffs. Gallery publications on view.
Contact: Karen Lorene

4:00 pm to 10:00 pm

The Inbred Text; Writers Reading to Other Writers Who Will Be Reading at the Same Event: A Litcrawl
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join PageBoy Magazine for an in depth exploration into the inbred text. As we crawl from venue to venue we will discuss instances of textual in breeding while generally making ourselves sick on the poetic plethora. Drinks will be available.
Contact: Thomas Walton

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5:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery, 1333 5th Ave. Seattle, WA 98101

Festival of Language
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
With nearly fifty highly diverse writers, the Festival of Language will be presented in three ninety-minute sets of rapid-fire readings that celebrate language and the artists who turn language into art. For a full list of readers go to www.festivalwriter.org under the upcoming events tab. Open to the public.
Contact: Jane L.Carman

7:00 pm

Foxing & Friends: A Benefit Post-It Show
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join Foxing Quarterly, A Strange Object, Write Bloody Publishing, American Short Fiction, and The Austin Review for a Post-It note art show and reading. Readers: Derrick Brown, Kelly Luce, and T Kira Madden. Artists: too many to name! Free drinks. Benefitting a special event to be announced there.
Contact: Michael Barrett

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7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Bedlam Coffee, 2231 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Alumni Reading & Mixer
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join us to celebrate our program in an intimate setting! Alumni of the CalArts MFA Creative Writing Program form an active and diverse community of writers, known for their innovative and interdisciplinary work. Featuring: Bel Poblador, Chris Black, Cole Cohen, Heatherlie Allison, and K. Bradford.
Contact: Janice Sapigao

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Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 Tenth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122

The Heaven of Demons Reading:Jennifer Percy and David James Poissant
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join David James Poissant for the book launch of his story collection The Heaven of Animals (Simon & Schuster) + Jen Percy for a reading from Demon Camp(Scribner). Readings followed by signings. Directions: From Convention Center, head East on Pike St. Go 10 blocks. Left on 10th AVE. Store is on Left.
Contact: David James Poissant

Literary Reading: I Saw Them When...
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Third Place Books in Ravenna and the Lit.mustest reading series present an evening with award-winning and recently published students and alumni from Goddard College's MFA in Creative Writing program.
For an up to date listing of presenters, please visit https://www.facebook.com/litmustestgoddard
Contact: Robyn Lynn

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Barca Bar, 1510 11th Ave. Seattle, WA 98122

The Freerange Nonfiction Reading Series
Cost: $5 (suggested donation)
Event URL: website
Coming from New York City, The Freerange Nonfiction Reading Series brings together writers at all stages of their careers to share their work on one small stage. Mira Maria Ptacin, Roxane Gay, Liza Monroy, Adam Wilson, Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, and Lincoln Michel will tell stories with reality in mind.
Contact: Kassi Underwood

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7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Vermillion Art Gallery & Bar, 1508 11th Ave. Seattle, WA 98122

The Breadline
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
The Breadline monthly performance series closes out 3 years of 'poetry for the people' with a lineup of 5 phenomenal poets: 'Seattle-istas' Roberto Carlos Ascalon & Michelle Peñaloza, and 'out-of-town-ers' Sarah Heady, Hannah Stephenson, and Arlene Biala. Music by Pears.
Contact: alex bleecker

Reading and Soirée with the School of Letters
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join the School of Letters for a 'rendezvous' at The Grotto, Rendezvous Restaurant and Lounge. This will be a soirée and reading with the charming Adrianne Harun, Carol Cassella, Leigh Anne Couch and Michael Griffith as well as many other beguiling readers.
Contact: April Alvarez

8:00 am to 10:00 am

State Poet Laureate Breakfast
Cost: Breakfast will not be hosted.
An informal social gathering for current and emeritus state poet laureates and their arts administrators. Spouses are welcome also.
Contact: Kathleen Flenniken

2:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Fleet Feet Sports, 911 E Pine St. Seattle, WA 98122

Run of the Ancient Mariner
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join us for an offsite event for writers who run. Run of the Ancient Mariner features two free, untimed runs. Each run will have a single aid station providing water, snacks, and a little belletristic distraction (poets!). Both runs will culminate in a gathering at Brouwer's for an afterparty.
Contact: Jeff Encke

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3:30 pm

Eclectic Theater, 1214 10th Ave. Seattle, WA 98122

Reading of Wagoner's play "First Class"
Cost: Free (donations accepted)
A reading of "First Class," David Wagoner's play about Theodore Roethke, will be presented Thursday, Feb. 27 at 3:30 and again on Saturday, March 1 at 3:30
Both readings will feature several performers in the title role.
Contact: Leonie M Fogle

First Books for First Book
Event URL: website
Seven poets read to benefit First Book Seattle, a literacy organization that provides new books to children in need in King County. Katy Didden, Tarfia Faizullah, Benjamin Landry, Tomás Q. Morin, John A. Nieves, Jessica Piazza and Megan Snyder-Camp read from their collections.
Contact: Benjamin Landry

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4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

LUCID Cocktail Lounge, 5241 University Way NE Seattle, WA 98105

A Reading 'eXperiment' Presented by Festival of Language
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
An experiment in the reading of original creative works as juxtaposed against expectations, perceptions, and audience. With new and exciting compositions and configurations, this reading 'eXperiment' will be a one-of-a-experience. Open to the public, and audience participation encouraged. Go to festivalwriter.org for more details.
Contact: Jane L.Carman

Words on Tap
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Willow Springs Editions, a small press based in Spokane, Washington, is hosting a reading featuring Nathan Oates, winner of the 2012 Spokane Prize in Short Fiction, and James Nolan, author of Drunk on Salt, volume 4 of the Acme Poem Company Surrealist Poetry Series.
Contact: Dorian Karahalios

5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Sorrento Hotel, Suite 500, 900 Madison St. Seattle, WA 98104

Open Letter Books
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join Open Letter Books editors and translations for some free drinks, snacks, books, and more free drinks. Author--and Open Letter board member--Joanna Scott will be there, along with poet and translator Jennifer Grotz, and senior editor Kaija Straumanis. There will be no readings at this event.
Contact: Chad W. Post

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5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

2014 PACHANGA/Con Tinta
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
A meeting and celebration of Con Tinta, an organization of Latina writers from across the country, will be recognizing regional writers from Northwest. This year, the work of Jesus "El Flaco" Maldonado and Kathleen Alcala will be honored. Entertainment by eSe Theatre. In addition to the celebration of the five years of CantoMundo: Hors d’oeuvres & Cash Bar Celebration.
Contact: Xanath Caraza

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

The Project Room, 1315 E Pine St. Seattle, WA 98122

The Transformation of a Poem
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
How does a poem become a poem? How do the lines take shape? What if a book of poems came with a blooper reel? Featuring poets Hannah Stephenson, Nick Courtright, Leah Umansky, Luisa Igloria, and Justin Runge.
Contact: Jess Van Nostrand

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Von Trapp's, 912 12th Avenue Seattle, WA 98122

Windy City Writers: UChicago Creative Writing
Cost: Free
Please join students, alumni, faculty and friends of the University of Chicago's Creative Writing program for beers, brats, readings, and good company! Alumni and current students from the MA in the Humanities program will be reading. Hope to see you at Von Trapp's in Capitol Hill.
Contact: Jessica Haley

Stonecoast MFA Meet-Up
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Come to the Stonecoast Meet-Up! Alumni, students, and faculty from the program will be at Rendezvous in Belltown on Thursday night to nosh and talk shop. Join us!
Contact: Ashley Warren

Naugatuck River Review Narrative Poetry Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: websiteNaugatuck River Review is a journal of narrative poetry and will be featuring winners from our 2014 contest as well as poets in the summer 2013 issue. Readers TBA shortly. Go to http://naugatuckriverreview.com for updates.
Contact: Lori Desrosiers

William Stafford Anthology Reading and Celebration
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
In celebration of the William Stafford Centennial and the release of the anthology A Ritual to Read Together, a celebration and reading will take place at Caffe Ladro. We also dedicate the reading in memory of Dorothy Stafford. Anthology readers include: Fred Marchant, Kim Stafford, GC Waldrep, Ellen Bass, and more.
Contact: Dennis Etzel Jr.

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Rendezvous, Jewelbox Theater, 2322 2nd Ave Seattle, WA 98121

Bear Star, BookThug, FlimForum, Stockport Flats Reading
Cost: Free
Poets from presses based in Canada, California, and New York (Bear Star Press.,BookThug., FlimForum., and Stockport Flats.) join together to present from their new collections.
Contact: Deborah Woodard

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6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Writers Who Play (WWP) Blowout!
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Come hear your conference compadres who are also musicians. WWP began at the 2005 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Vancouver, so it's only appropriate that we have a real blowout back up in the northwest! This could be your last chance to attend WWP!
Contact: Jim Clark

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6:00 pm to 11:30 pm

Smith Tower, The Chinese Room, 506 2nd Ave. Seattle, WA 98104

Mountain Writers Series 40th-Anniversary Reception & Reading
Event URL: website
This event, sponsored by Mountain Writers Series and Lewis & Clark College, celebrates all who have contributed to the longevity and success of Mountain Writers for the past four decades. The evening features music by bassist Glen Moore & readings by Vern Rutsala, David James Duncan and many more! Guest list only. Contact for information.
Contact: Sandra Williams

Bayou Magazine Contributors Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Stop by the BottleNeck Lounge to show your support of Bayou Magazine, a literary journal published in New Orleans; we're thrilled to round up some of our contributors during the conference festivities!
See our Facebook event page
Contact: Bayou Magazine

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7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Barnes & Noble, 600 Pine Street Suite 107 Seattle, WA 98101

Jan Beatty, Denise Duhamel, Charles Harper Webb
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Three outstanding poets from the University of Pittsburgh Press' Pitt Poetry Series will read from their new collections: The Switching/Yard by Jan Beaty; Blowout by Denise Duhamel, and What Things Are Made Of by Charles Harper Webb. Books will be on sale.
Contact: Denise Duhamel

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

The Lobby Bar, 916 E Pike St Seattle, WA 98122

QUEERTOPIA 2-Part 1
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Following the success of QUEERTOPIA in Boston, this year S&Q is proud to present QUEERTOPIA 2: a reading by LGBTQ poets & writers. The event will include ten poets & writers in one hundred minutes.
Contact: Ruben Quesada

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Pike Brewing Company, 1415 First Avenue Seattle, WA 98101

Steelhead Stories, Working Writers & NW Voices
Cost: Free, no-host bar
Event URL: websiteSpilt Infinitive and PDXX Collective, two Northwest-based lit mags, will be hosting an informal evening of pints and prose at Pike Brewing. Hear a diverse range of brief readings, with complimentary snacks and some of the city's best beer on tap. A chance to unwind after a panel-packed day!
Contact: Tabitha Blankenbiller

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Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave. Seattle, WA 98104

The Pitt Press Poetry Series presents Three Outstanding Women!
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Three outstanding women from the University of Pittsburgh Press' Pitt Poetry Series will read from their brand new collections: Tiger Heron by Robin Becker, The Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog by Alicia Suskin Ostriker, and On the Street of Divine Love by Barbara Hamby. Books will be on sale.
Contact: Maria Sticco

MFA vs NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction.
Cost: Free
Join us for a reading and launch party celebrating the new book from n+1 and Faber and Faber, which gathers essays on the contemporary publishing landscape. Hosted by Chad Harbach, a founding editor of n+1 and the bestselling author of The Art of Fielding.
Contact: Amy Ellingson

eohippus labs and Poetry + Politics Imprint Book Release Celebration and Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Please join us for a reading by contributors to the newly released Acts + Encounters and by the writers of eohippus labs.
Contact: Andrea Quaid

Black Earth Institute Reading & Party
Cost: Free
Sponsored by Black Earth Institute and bout Place Journal an informal reading and party to make a presence for Black Earth Institute and About Place Journal. Open mic and party.
Contact: Judith Roche

7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave. Seattle, WA 98101

Slate Live Podcast Recording: Hugh Howey on Kurt Vonnegut
Cost: $10
Event URL: website
Please join Slate as we present our popular podcast the Audio Book Club for a live episode taping at Town Hall Seattle! Slate's Dan Kois and Hanna Rosin will be joined by Hugh Howey, author of WOOL, for a discussion of SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE, Vonnegut, and fan fiction. Doors open 6:30.
Contact: Dan Kois

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St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E Seattle, WA 98201

Sanctuary
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Poets Scott Cairns, Kimberly Johnson, and Gina Franco will be reading current work in the contemplative atmosphere encouraged by the cathedral nave. Their work resists simplistic answers, and understands the limits of language while keeping an ear tuned to music. The doors open at 7:15 p.m., but reception begins at 8:30 p.m.
Contact: Carrie Purcell Kahler

8:00 pm

The Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 Tenth Ave. Seattle, WA 98122

Northwestern University Press Reading & Signing
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Please join us and our talented group of poets as they read from their collections, published by our TriQuarterly and Curbstone imprints. The reading will be followed by a signing, and the books will be available for purchase. Hosted by Parneshia Jones, Sales Manager and Poetry Editor for the Press.
Contact: Parneshia Jones

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The Central Saloon, 207 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98127

First Annual Rock and Roll Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Twenty writers — including A. Manette Ansay, Rebecca Makkai, and Steven Church — will read rock-and-roll-inspired prose in rapid-fire rock-and-roll-style bursts: three to four minutes each. Post-reading, some of the writers — led by our house band, Tigerlance — will play music of their own.
Contact: Dan Hoyt

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8:00 pm to 9:30 pm

The Pine Box, 1600 Melrose Ave. Seattle, WA 98122

LIT SALO(O)N with Unsplendid & A Bad Penny Review
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
An evening of words and libations. Featuring readings from Lily Brown, Erica Dawson, Terri Witek, Ned Balbo and more! All guests will be invited to compose their finest work onto a cocktail napkin. A selection of the best napkins will then be scanned and published online in the summer issue of ABPR.
Contact: Johnny Damm

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Jack Straw New Media Gallery, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA 98105

Superheroes of Poetry: A Night of Speculative Poets
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Love Sci-Fi, comic books, or science? Then come out to see the best speculative poets from all over the country read their odes of particle physics, super-villains, and alien planets, all in one fantastic night of poetry!
Contact: Jeannine Hall Gailey

Sarabande Books Roaring 20s Anniversary Party
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join us in celebrating 20 years of independent publishing and the release of Kyle Minor's "Praying Drunk" with a roaring 20s themed party! We'll see you at Pike Place Market (85 Pike Street, only 4 blocks from the conference center), upstairs in the Atrium Loft. Featuring a photo booth and OPEN BAR.
Contact: Kristen Radtke

Getting Personal with A Public Space
Join A Public Space for a night of literary advice, in which Roxane Gay, John Haskell, Leslie Jamison, Brett Fletcher Lauer, and Amy Leach find answers to your life's questions in the pages of their books. Bring your questions. Drinks and music to follow, so bring your party shoes, too.
Contact: Claire Woodard

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8:30 pm to 10:30 pm

The Six Arms, 300 E Pike St. Seattle, WA 98122

Killing the Buddha Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Come drink with the editors of online religion magazine Killing the Buddha at The Six Arms. Oh, and there will be readings: Darcey Steinke, author of Easter Everywhere; Jeff Sharlet, author of Radiant Truths and The Family, and Nathan Schneider, author of God In Proofand Thank You, Anarchy.
Contact: Brook Wilensky-Lanford

12:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Daily Grill, 629 Pike Street Seattle, WA 98101

HEAT
Cost: Free, but a $5 or more donation is encouraged benefiting VIDA:Women in Literary
HEAT: Burning Down the House will set Seattle aflame with the intensity of our readers; they're game-changers and trail-blazers like Antonia Crane, Tyhembia Jess and Robin Black.
Contact: Laura Bogart

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Ancient Grounds, 1220 1st Ave. Seattle, WA 98101

LUMINA Volume XIII Launch and Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Please join LUMINA in celebrating the launch of our thirteenth volume with an afternoon of reading. Snacks will be provided, while coffee and tea will be available. For an updated list of readers please visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/379015878909716
Contact: Lumina Editors

4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Babeland, 707 E Pike St. Seattle, WA 98122

Sex, Death and Memoir Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
A reading hosted by alumnae of Lidia Yuknavitch's Ecstatic States Workshop about busting open what it means to 'write sex' and 'write the body.' We'll read from our bones, from the skin and from the most precise (or gloriously imprecise) moments of contact.
Contact: Temima Fruchter

6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Caffe Ladro, 801 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101

Tell Stories Without Shame: A Nonfiction Reading with Under the Gum Tree
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Fuel up with some true stories and espresso in a fast and furious storytelling lineup of readers from our past issues before heading out to make material for true stories of your own. Meet the staff and get a peek at our current issue. If nonfiction is your thing we hope to see you!
Contact: Janna Maron

An Evening with The Sun at Elliott Bay Book Company
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Sy Safransky, The Sun's founder and editor, will join Ellen Bass, Krista Bremer, and Cary Tennis for a reading and book signing. The audience will be able to purchase advance copies of Krista Bremer’s memoir, My Accidental Jihad (Apr.), as well as books by Ellen Bass, Cary Tennis, and The Sun.
Contact: Molly Herboth

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6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Sorrento Hotel, Penthouse, 900 Madison St. Seattle, WA 98104

Toast the Future of Independent Publishing with Ecotone, Lookout Books, and Milkweed Editions
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
A short walk from the conference, the Sorrento Hotel features spectacular views, and you won’t want to miss our lineup, including: Ben Fountain, Brock Clarke, Cary Holladay, and Rebecca Makkai. Drinks are on the house (while they last). Come help three independents toast the future of publishing!
Contact: Emily Smith

Now What? Readings and a Special Invitation to Life After the MFA
Cost: Free
Fairfield University MFA, New Rivers Press, and White Pine Press invite you to a reception to celebrate new authors and the launch of Now What? The Creative Writer's Guide to Success After the MFA. Come and celebrate the book launch and new authors! Cash bar and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Contact: Allison Kirk

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

QUEERTOPIA 2-Part 2
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
The second of two QUEERTOPIA events at AWP. This year S&Q is proud to present QUEERTOPIA 2: a reading by LGBTQ poets & writers. The event at Barnes & Noble just steps away from the conference hotel will include 12 poets & writers in 120 minutes.
Contact: Ruben Quesada

Carolina Wren Press & the Southern Humanities Review—A Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join Carolina Wren Press and the Southern Humanities Review for readings by some of our favorite authors, including memoir writer Patricia Foster, All the Lost Girls. Meet the editors of CWP and SHR, and listen to some great writers at the Daily Grill. The food's on us!
Contact: Chantel Acevedo

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7:00 pm to 9:15 pm

Seattle to Saginaw: The Reach of Theodore Roethke
Cost: Donations at the door
Event URL: website
Readings and performance with CIRQUE poets, Saginaw’s “Friends of Theodore Roethke,” author of An American Poet, Jeff Vande Zande, invited guests, David Wagoner, Tess Gallagher, and Joan Swift. Plus there will be music, film, and a bar. Open to the public.
Contact: Sandra Kleven

7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Blindfold Gallery, 1718 E. Olive Way, Suite A Seattle, WA 98102

Animal/Antidote
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
An evening of readings and performances on the Animal--modeled as an antidote to the long day you've spent in serious discussion. Readers from near (Stacey Levine! Doug Nufer! Sarah Dowling! Jennifer Calkins!) and farish (Bhanu Kapil! Amina Cain!). Refreshments! A RAFFLE!
Contact: jennifer calkins

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Dock Street Press, draft: The Journal of Process & Atticus Books Present
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Dock Street Press, draft: The Journal of Process, and Atticus Books are throwing a party of sorts in the mezzanine level of Rendezvous! Writers and poets reading their work, and cocktails to wash it all down. Extra points going to anyone who shows up in crushed velvet!
Contact: Dane Bahr

9:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Lovecitylove, 1430 Summit Ave Seattle, WA 98122

VONA & Dismantle Launch Party
Cost: Free (donations accepted)
Event URL: website
Join VONA and Thread Makes Blanket to celebrate the launch of Dismantle, an anthology of VONA writers featuring an introduction by Junot Diaz. There will be some readings in addition to copies of the book made available for purchase. Dancing as well.
Contact: Adriana E. Ramirez

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Elliott Bay Books,1521 Tenth Avenue Seattle, WA 98122

Stephen Dunn Anthology Launch
Dual launch for The Room and the World: Essays on the Poet Stephen Dunn, edited by Laura McCullough, and Stephen Dunn's most recent book of poems,Lines of Defense. McCullough, BJ Ward, and Alicia Ostriker will read briefly from the anthology followed by comments from and a reading by Stephen Dunn.
Contact: Laura McCullough

So to Speak: a feminist journal of language and art Multi-Genre Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Please join the staff and friends of So to Speak: a feminist journal of language and art for a multi-genre reading at the Pine Box! Our event will feature poetry by Laura-Gray Street, fiction by Jessica Barksdale, and nonfiction by Tim Denevi. We hope to see you there!
Contact: Erin McDaniel

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Conor Byrne Pub, 5140 Ballard Ave. NW, Seattle, WA 98107

Nights and Days in a Dark Carnival book release
Cost: FreeNights and Days in a Dark Carnival is Craven Rock's delve into the world of the Juggalos, the clown-painted fans of the rap group Insane Clown Posse. His work has appeared in Da Capo Press' Best Music Writing 2008, the Monarch Review, Razorcake and Avow. He also publishes his own zine, Eaves of Ass.
Contact: neelybat chestnut

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The Project Room, 1315 E Pine St. Seattle, WA 98122

Gina Frangello, Pam Houston and Melinda Moustakis
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
A reading and discussion around The Project Room's current topics: legacy and privacy, featuring the work of three writers whose work overlaps in interesting ways.
Contact: Jess Van Nostrand

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Rumba, 1112 Pike St. Seattle, WA 98101

Kid Lit Drink Night
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) will host a Kid Lit Drink Night at Rumba, only a few blocks away from the convention center. Join us for Kid Lit conversation and fun! Open to the public.
Contact: BRENDA WINTER HANSEN

8:30 pm to 11:45 pm

Black Bottle, 2600 1st Ave. Seattle, WA 98121

The Poets Billow, PoetrIE, and Orange Monkey Press Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
The Poet's Billow is co-hosting a reading with Orange Monkey Publishing and PoetrIE. There will be lots of social time, great readers, and to show our appreciation we will buy the first round of drinks!
Contact: Robert Evory

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Lake View Cemetery, 1554 15th Ave E Seattle, WA 98102

Celebrating Levertov at her grave
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Gather for a one hour celebration of the poetry and life of Denise Levertov, who is buried in Seattle's beautiful Lake View Cemetery. The event is being organized by the Dead Poets Society of America, and people who attend will be welcome to share short stories and read one or two of her poems.
Contact: Walter Skold

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3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE Seattle, WA 98105

The Work of Mohsen Emadi–A Cross-Cultural Collaboration
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
The work of Mohsen Emadi will be featured by Lyn Coffin, his translator, and Laszlo Slomovits, who has set his poetry to music. The work of Emadi, a poet currently in exile from Iran, is set against the backdrop of classic Persian poetry.
Contact: Jennifer Burd

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5:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Blue Moon Tavern, 712 NE 45th St. Seattle, WA 98105

Blue Moon Tavern Poetry Reading
Cost: Donations at the door
Event URL: website
Read, unwind, drink beer, and soak up the atmosphere. Hang out of Theodore Roethke and Tom Robbins. Visited by Dylan Thomas and Allen Ginsberg. Poets will share the available time.The Moon resonates with history. An event brought to you by CIRQUE literary journal.
Contact: Sandra Kleven